Chettinad Barnyard Millet Paal Paniyaram

It's an absolute bliss to indulge on these tasty Millet Paal Paniyarams. This was in my to-do list for a long time and I finally got some time to make these now.

Ingredients:

• Barnyard Millet - 1/2 cup ( buy here BlissTree Barnyard millet)
• Whole Urad Dal(Deskinned) - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• Whole Milk - 1 cup
• Cardamom - 3 crushed

Method:

For Paniyaram:

• Wash Barnyard millet and urad dal and soak them together for 3-4 hours.
• In a mixer grinder or blender, add both the millet and urad dal and grind to a fine paste consistency.
• While grinding, add ice water to the millet and dal mix. Alternatively, you can refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes to an hour. This is important to get the paniyaram fluffy.

• Make sure that the batter is not too thick , nor too watery. My batter was thick as in the picture, I added little more water to it.
• In a kadai or wok, heat oil and when it's hot enough, drop the batter little by little.
• Try to fry the paniyarams in golden yellow. So, make sure that the oil is not too smoking hot.

• Simultaneously, in another sauce pan, add milk and sugar and bring it to boil. Add crushed cardamom. Switch off the stove.
• I had a coconut milk can, so I skipped making coconut milk from scratch. If making fresh coconut milk, use the first thick milk of coconut.
• Add the boiled milk, sugar mixture to the coconut milk.
• Add the fried paniyarams to the milk and let it soak minimum for an hour. Then, it's ready to serve.

Millet Crepes

I totally loved making these millet crepes, a healthy and sweet breakfast option. What better way to include fresh fruits in our kids plates for breakfast! I used fresh whipped cream, fresh strawberries and healthy palm jaggery syrup. You can use fruits of your choice and any syrup of your choice.

Ingredients:

Crepe Batter:

• BlissTree Millet Chapathi mix - 1 cup 
• Milk - 3/4 cup at room temperature
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Unsalted Butter - 3 Tablespoon + more for brushing the skillet
• Eggs - 2 large
• Vanilla Extract - 1 1/2 teaspoons
• Salt - a pinch
• Sugar - 1 Tablespoon

Serving:

• Whipped Cream
• Fresh strawberries
• BlissTree Palm Jaggery Syrup
• Powdered Sugar (optional)

Method:

• In a blender or a food processor, add melted butter and all the other ingredients mentioned above and blend the ingredients for 30 seconds to a minute.
• Transfer the batter to a bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Heat a skillet or a dosa pan on the stove. Once hot, brush a little butter on the skillet and pour a little crepe batter with a ladle in the center and swirl the skillet to make thin crepes.
• Once cooked on one side, flip the crepe and cook the other side as well. Make sure that the crepes are not too crispy.
• Continue to make crepes by brushing the butter on skillet and batter.

Serving the Crepes:

• Fill the crepes with whipped cream and fresh fruits, roll them and top with more whipped cream, chopped strawberries and drizzle Palm jaggery syrup.
• Optionally, dust the powdered sugar on top for garnishing.

PS: Photo credits to my son